Praxis: Early Childhood Education 5025
Exam Questions & Answers (Grade A+)
Phonics -
correct answer ✅involves teaching children to connect sounds
with letters/groups of letters. Ex.: (K) can be represented by C, K, or
CH spellings.
Phonemic Awareness -
correct answer ✅An exclusively oral language activity; refers to the
understanding that spoken words are made up of individual sounds
called phonemes. Instruction in phonemic awareness should be
viewed as an important element of a balanced reading program in
the early elementary grades.
Learning Approach -
correct answer ✅the theory that language acquisition follows the
basic laws of reinforcement and conditioning i.e. memorize the
rules
Linguistic Approach -
correct answer ✅based on letter-sound correspondence
Socio-cognitive Approach -
correct answer ✅A language acquisition theory that states that the
,Praxis: Early Childhood Education 5025
Exam Questions & Answers (Grade A+)
different aspects of linguistic, cognitive, and social knowledge are
interactive elements of total human development.
5 Basic Types of Phonemic Awareness -
correct answer ✅1. Ability to hear rhymes and alliteration. (ex:
kids listens to poem, identifies rhyme words, teacher records words
on chart.)
2. Ability to do oddity tasks (ex: recognize number of a set that is
different.)
3. Ability to orally blend words and split syllables.
4. Ability to orally segment words (ex: ability to count sounds in a
word - "hamburger = ham-bur-ger = 3 sounds)
5. Ability to do phonics manipulation tasks (ex: replace the "r"
sound in rose with a "p" sound = pose.)
Morphology -
correct answer ✅Refers to its rules for word formation. Are the
smallest combination of sounds that have a meaning. Prepositions,
prefixes, suffixes, and whole words.
Semantics -
correct answer ✅Meaning of words and sentences
,Praxis: Early Childhood Education 5025
Exam Questions & Answers (Grade A+)
Syntax -
correct answer ✅Language rules that govern how words can be
combined to form meaningful phrases and sentences
Pragmatics -
correct answer ✅Describes how context can affect the
interpretation of communication. SOCIAL USE OF LANGUAGE ( EX:
SAYING WRONG THINGS AT THE WRONG TIME.)
5 Stages of Language Acquisition -
correct answer ✅1. Acquisition learning hypothesis- difference
between learning and acquiring language
2. Monitor hypothesis - Learned language "monitors" acquired
language (ex: GRAMMAR CHECKIN)
3. Natural order hypothesis - Learning of grammar - normal "natural
order"
4. Input hypothesis - When conversation is on par with language
ability. Able to talk in convos and understand convos.
5. Affective filler hypothesis - be able to learn language if more
relaxed and not all like, "OMG."
, Praxis: Early Childhood Education 5025
Exam Questions & Answers (Grade A+)
Independent Reading -
correct answer ✅Reading level at which students can accurately
recognize and comprehend words well enough that no teacher
guidance is needed. (95-100% accuracy).
Guided Reading -
correct answer ✅A teacher provides support for small, flexible
groups of beginning readers. As students read a text or book that is
unfamiliar to them, the teacher works with them to teach them
how to use a variety of reading strategies. (92%-97% accuracy)
Whole Group Reading -
correct answer ✅Entire class will read the same text - teacher
incorporates activities for phonics, comprehension, fluency, and
vocabulary
5 Critical Areas of Reading Instruction -
correct answer ✅1. Phonemic awareness : is commonly defined as
the understanding that spoken words are made up of separate
units of sound that are blended together when words are
pronounced.
Exam Questions & Answers (Grade A+)
Phonics -
correct answer ✅involves teaching children to connect sounds
with letters/groups of letters. Ex.: (K) can be represented by C, K, or
CH spellings.
Phonemic Awareness -
correct answer ✅An exclusively oral language activity; refers to the
understanding that spoken words are made up of individual sounds
called phonemes. Instruction in phonemic awareness should be
viewed as an important element of a balanced reading program in
the early elementary grades.
Learning Approach -
correct answer ✅the theory that language acquisition follows the
basic laws of reinforcement and conditioning i.e. memorize the
rules
Linguistic Approach -
correct answer ✅based on letter-sound correspondence
Socio-cognitive Approach -
correct answer ✅A language acquisition theory that states that the
,Praxis: Early Childhood Education 5025
Exam Questions & Answers (Grade A+)
different aspects of linguistic, cognitive, and social knowledge are
interactive elements of total human development.
5 Basic Types of Phonemic Awareness -
correct answer ✅1. Ability to hear rhymes and alliteration. (ex:
kids listens to poem, identifies rhyme words, teacher records words
on chart.)
2. Ability to do oddity tasks (ex: recognize number of a set that is
different.)
3. Ability to orally blend words and split syllables.
4. Ability to orally segment words (ex: ability to count sounds in a
word - "hamburger = ham-bur-ger = 3 sounds)
5. Ability to do phonics manipulation tasks (ex: replace the "r"
sound in rose with a "p" sound = pose.)
Morphology -
correct answer ✅Refers to its rules for word formation. Are the
smallest combination of sounds that have a meaning. Prepositions,
prefixes, suffixes, and whole words.
Semantics -
correct answer ✅Meaning of words and sentences
,Praxis: Early Childhood Education 5025
Exam Questions & Answers (Grade A+)
Syntax -
correct answer ✅Language rules that govern how words can be
combined to form meaningful phrases and sentences
Pragmatics -
correct answer ✅Describes how context can affect the
interpretation of communication. SOCIAL USE OF LANGUAGE ( EX:
SAYING WRONG THINGS AT THE WRONG TIME.)
5 Stages of Language Acquisition -
correct answer ✅1. Acquisition learning hypothesis- difference
between learning and acquiring language
2. Monitor hypothesis - Learned language "monitors" acquired
language (ex: GRAMMAR CHECKIN)
3. Natural order hypothesis - Learning of grammar - normal "natural
order"
4. Input hypothesis - When conversation is on par with language
ability. Able to talk in convos and understand convos.
5. Affective filler hypothesis - be able to learn language if more
relaxed and not all like, "OMG."
, Praxis: Early Childhood Education 5025
Exam Questions & Answers (Grade A+)
Independent Reading -
correct answer ✅Reading level at which students can accurately
recognize and comprehend words well enough that no teacher
guidance is needed. (95-100% accuracy).
Guided Reading -
correct answer ✅A teacher provides support for small, flexible
groups of beginning readers. As students read a text or book that is
unfamiliar to them, the teacher works with them to teach them
how to use a variety of reading strategies. (92%-97% accuracy)
Whole Group Reading -
correct answer ✅Entire class will read the same text - teacher
incorporates activities for phonics, comprehension, fluency, and
vocabulary
5 Critical Areas of Reading Instruction -
correct answer ✅1. Phonemic awareness : is commonly defined as
the understanding that spoken words are made up of separate
units of sound that are blended together when words are
pronounced.
